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C. A. BELASH CARD HOLDER Filed April 5, 1950 aterswim I' i I 1 I In ein th fly swlm.

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June 30, 1931.

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eenen-Nunn A. Bnmsu; oFjBes'roN; yMnssalonesE'r'rsY ing cards o1' cardboard strips. `for use in. mak- ,ingdp composite eharts for ednfoLtio'nel1,;adL`

vertising.y or other purposes, sllclrxesi forjdsi alifplaying a..1nenninllunch.roornsor or'idxer- .tising they prices ofv various.CQJQLLIHQitiesV in marketstores.'andv the like.

Composite display @hm *holders of. the generaltypeareyeoinmonly eonstruetedr by l providing a mein body or backing meinberto l which e plurality of-.T-sheped cleats are; ose-y cured .in vspaced relation. to. lforni yslielevtyS neeted items. Charts for educational poses, such esv arefnsedinprimary schools, halve been madeby printing eseries ,of items the like. :been` entirely setisteetoryv because? the .items on eaehcould not be varied telit; best the ne- Y cessities and Circumstances l.of pei'iicul'er oeposite chartsoomposed of detachable-.cards or .l

cardboard stripsaI-ranged with theirlegiges '.illl @butti-iigA .relation tov give ,the anpe/arance of a. continuous unbrokeneham't.

It is another objectL to.previde expensive constructionandgwhiehs lrrnged to provide fone siniilir eomposiltechmztzon Veitherside.- v[Before explaining lin`r deteilbthegpresent: in` vention, it isto beunderstood{thatithe-firiven# tails of f construction end* arrangement of parts illustrated iin ,thef eiceoinpanying'drmvried out in various.; Ways. 'Also it to be understood that the .pbra-,seology or 'terminology employed herein'sforl thepnpose'of description `and not ofliniitetiong: anditais not intended to limit the invention beyond the terms of the several claims hereto` ap- This' invention reines @devices frerhlzi# thlrfillgb one ofithe strips yand adevevoi this generel'type'which; islO simple `end n-` v n l Y .lfare similarly v0,011struetedend eaebls p1";0 Y l.vided lwith two Seresei .projecting eers the eers` of .each series :being .arranged in pairs and,vsiththe'eelssofone seriesextending frm gone-falceof tbestrip midthjefothersezdend'-k .ingfromthe'f,oppositeiabm one eergoieeeh A peir'a'extendifng, .u,pW-'erd'lyv `eind*.tllleQtllie'li ex.

tending"dewnWerdIyQfEor thistpnrpo-se each ofnthe .stripslZ mld ,13 erey proxfidedn.,Withk j f twoI series; otlspecedgeurved euts20agndg20f .andtwoseriesof,cutSgQlendLQlf' eurvinginfj. .the opposite, directiemltheents '2l andZl'f "9,5-

i beingrelativelysmaLILaSIeOmpairedi with the Y A f `tion is notli'mited in 'its appliezitien tothe de? 1 ings,l since the invention `is icapable ofjother embodiments and of being ypmetised.or' CRAIQ- A,

andthe requirements thereof.

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ecenrnpenying drawings :gin which, Q

Figs. l, ,nd2 afreirontvi'ews 'oie eel."d'vhol'olff f erembodyiig theinyention,illustratingdif Y lferent, arrangements vol YCards 'thereon L ilse. frbntv'ew Oife portionone @if l69 fthe. .strips of sheet metalbrnlng part Ot the .de-vice;` f

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ben-t 'at tsjlower endgtdpizovide e springhook I RM.edentedltolreceve:themed lil. Thenpper downwardly andlthennpwardlyforlningya l Y vflat.clrnnp. lf?. .forv reivlng e card...

.Eeeh o thestrips of sheet, metal outs d2O and V20 and' vbeing` arranged with .:therf-endsextendng between the fendsffthe euts,20; end QOlf .respectivelfy.; The 'portions Y 2() and 21 are struck up so as to provide ears 22 and 23 respectively extending from the forward face of the strips 12 and 13, while the portions of the metal enclosed by the cuts 20 and 2l are struck up so to provide cars 22 and 23 extending trom the bach face ot the strips 12 and 13, thus providing two series oi? pairs of ears on each strip with the ears oit each pair extending in opposite directions, cach ear being adapt-ed to receive an edge of a card c shown in Fi 1. rlhe ears 22 and 23 are arranged so that the crotches :formed between the saine and the face et the strip are in a common horizontal plane and the ears 22 and 23 re similarly arranged with respect to each other. In the construction illustrated, the ears 23 and 23 depend from the ears 22 and 22 respectively. If desired, the ears 22 and 22 may be omitted at the top oit each ot the strips 12 and 13 leaving only the downwardly extending ears 23 and 23 as illustrated in Figs. 1, 3 and 6.

The pairs of ears should be arranged in a corresponding spaced relation upon both of the strips 12 and 13 with correspondingly positioned ears 23 engaging the upper edge ot a given card near opposite ends thereof and with correspondingly positioned ears 22 engaging the lower edge of the same card near opposite ends thereof. The pairs of ears are arranged to hold cards of various widths. Thus, cards having a width B, C, A+B, Acl- C or any other combination of such Width representative symbols (Fig. 3) may be held upon the device with their edges in abutting relation. Fig. 2 illustrates a composite chart ot the character used in a primary school composed of a series of cards c of uniform width arranged with their edges in abutting rela.- tion and a wider top card c having its bottom edge abutting the series of cards c. 1 illustrates a composite chart composed et card c of various widths with a card c inserted in the pocket 17. Likewise composite charts may be built up on bot-h sides of the device as illustrated in Fi 5. p

The advantages and inexpensive character of the device of the invention will be readily apparent. The unique construction of the device ot the invention makes possible the buildingl of composite charts ot any desired character to suit the necessities and circumstances ot the occasion. This is particularly convenient for teachers in primary schools where it is desirable to illustrate the subjects being taught by charts of widely varying character. rl`he rods 10 and 11 may he readily snapped into or out et' the hooks at the ends of the strips 12 and 13 to assemble the device for use or to disassemble it so that it may be placed out of the way when not in use.

I claim:

1. In a card holding device, a strip ot sheet material, spaced pairs of ears on said strip, each ear being adapted to hold an edge of a card, one ear of each pair depending from the other ear and extending in the opposite direction to position adjacent cards in substantially abutting relation.

2. In a card holding device, a strip of sheet material having spaced pairs of curved cuts, one being relatively small as compared to the other and curving in the opposite direction with its ends extending between the ends of the other to provide struck-up ears each adapted to receive the edge of a card.

3. A card holding device comprising spaced rods, a plurality oit strips of sheet material extending between said rods in spaced relation and having their ends secured thereto, each of said strips having correspondingly spaced pairs of ears, each ear being adapted to hold' an edge ot a card7 the ears of each pair extending in opposite directions and arranged so that the crotches between the ears and strips are in a common horizontal plane to position adjacent cards in substantially abutting relation, one end ot each of the strips being bent to provide a flat card receiving pocket.

4. A card holding device comprising spaced rods, a plurality of strips of sheet material extending between said rods in spaced relation and having their ends secured thereto each of said strips having two series ot spaced pairs ot ears, each ear being adapted to hold the edge of a card, the ears of one series on each strip extending from one side oi the strip and the ears of the other series ex tending from the other side, the ears elz each pair extending in opposite directions and arranged so that the crotches between the saine and said strips are in a common horizontal ilane to position adjacent cards in substantially.

abutting relation.

A card holding device comprising a plurality of strips of sheet material each having correspondingly spaced pairs of ears, the ears of each pair extending in opposite directions and adapted to hold anedge ofacarchthe ends ot 1each strip being bent to term a hoch, and rods detachably engageable with the hooks at opposite ends of the strips.

6. A card holding device comprising spaced rods, spaced strips of sheet material extendingbetween said rods and detachably connected thereto, each oit said strips having spaced pairs ot curved. cuts, the cuts of each pair curving in opposite directions to provide struck up ears extending `from por Lens et said strip on opposite sides et a given horizontal plane whereby the crotches between said strip and the oppositely extending ears et each pair are arranged to positioncards so that their adjacent edges are substantially in said plane.

In testimony whereof I ai'iix my signature.

CONSTANTINE A. ILLASl-I. 

